SAP Basis Consultant

Why Ryan?

• Global Award-Winning Culture

• Flexible Work Environment

• Generous Paid Time Off

• World-Class Benefits and Compensation

• Rapid Growth Opportunities

• Company Sponsored Two-Way Transportation

• Exponential Career Growth

Job Profile Summary

The Senior Consultant, Tax Technology provides tax automation services to Fortune 1000 clients by performing detail requirements analysis, process design, installation and implementation of tax automation software, testing, and training; and developing client documentation.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team experience.
• Provides guidance and assistance to other and subordinate team members.

Client:

• Proactive work status update US / India liaison.
• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Assists with the creation of client deliverable documentation.
• Assists with the data gathering, extraction, and analysis of client data.
• Assists team in client data acquisition.
• Assists customer support with technical problems and questions.

Value:

• Implements, tests, maintains, and supports software, based on technical design specifications.
• Prepares technical design specifications, based on functional requirements and analysis documents.
• Reviews functional requirements, analysis, and design documents and provides feedback.
• Investigates software development tools.

• Participates in architecture and code reviews.
• Analyzes existing business and system processes.
• Develops new process designs for tax determination.
• Determines the documents business and system processes performed for tax determination.
• Installs and configures tax automation software solutions.
• Creates, executes, and documents testing scenarios.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Accounting or Information Systems, Management Information Systems or Information Technology and Management, and a minimum of six hours of Accounting with two to four years related tax automation and technology experience.  Five years minimum experience in software engineering required.  Must be able to participate in client infrastructure assessments and provide recommendations on a proper, scalable solution within the scope of the Statement of Work (SOW).  Strong object-oriented analysis and design skills required.   Experience implementing n-tiered, distributed systems across different Hardware/Operating System platforms required, including but not limited to Microsoft® Windows, Linux, and Unix.  Familiarity with web-based application development technologies required. Relational database experience with one or more of the following: Oracle, DB2, or MS SQL Server is required.  Experience with iterative, incremental software development processes required.  Experience with complex software development projects through all phases of the software development life cycle and experience with Java performance analysis and tuning is desired. 

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, SQL Server, Project, and Internet navigation and research; tax technology solution software (Sabrix, Taxware, Vertex, etc.); and at least one enterprise resource planning (ERP) package (preferably Oracle 11i or PeopleSoft).  Technical proficiencies need to include Java and SQL scripting for SQL Server and/or Oracle. 

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.

• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and interface with multiple external vendors and clients as necessary.
• Independent travel requirement: 50%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran